What went on in Nuremburg seems to be really topical these days. Doesn’t it?

— I started out this morning to write about a weird dream I had – & discovered the computer I fixed yesterday had gone into blue screen mode. I was able to convince it to shut down and then, remarkably, I was able to restart it – the problem seems to be that while it is protected by Avast and Malwarebytes it thinks it is totally unprotected. and wants to scream that at me every couple minutes.

— Then I discovered that my dream journal blog has developed a fatal problem that won’t let it load, and I can’t sign into it. And several blogs are complaining that they need to be updated. Including this one. & “Blogzilla 2.0” is full of nonsense from fatcow dot com which may be in collusion with one nasty, fraudulent extortionist or another and has shut down access to blogs mirrored on their servers because I refused to pay their ever increasing nonsensical ‘protection racket’ prices. — groan —

— sigh, & now the cat is complaining that I’m late with his breakfast.

— I’m pretty sure I was walking around the Milford, Connecticut, of my youth with my cousin, Glenn. He had grown taller than me. I was six feet three and he was probably six feet four and a half. It felt like we were back in our late teens. Too young to drive – too young for our parents to start nagging us to go out and get a job — old enough to feel the sting of knowing our parents were wrong – they’d been lied to and they’d believed the lies — but we weren’t old enough yet to understand that we knew that we were a little more right than they were – that we were ‘plugged in’ to a Truth that they couldn’t see or understand. The Beatles and the Stones had landed and taken their place in the collective consciousness (and unconsciousness – where applicable) so the social revolution was beginning and we were feeling something like empowerment – like something new and exciting and spiritually truthful was trying to transform the world into something we could believe in, not some nightmare manipulated by greedy older men with evil dark agendae – who believed in killing off the best and brightest of every generation so they and theirs could maintain power.

— We walked around, connected with friends and went to some kind of party reminiscent of the first time we played together in a band, we knew three songs and everybody thought we were fantastic, wanted to hear those three songs over and over again. I had a slightly warped and hard to play electric bass guitar and guys and girls caught up in the rock and roll revolution were shocked and impressed by the way I could play in time and with feeling they’d never felt from the lousy AM radios we all had in those days.

— Then we ended up ‘crashing’ sleeping in a room full of couch cushions arranged on a floor. In the dream I woke up worrying that somebody would look at me and know that, dressed or not, with the blanket not quite covering me, I was obviously sexually aroused – I’d been dreaming of the young women who’d been gasping and looking at us like we were potential rock and roll gods while we’d been playing and one of them wanted to sleep with me, but I woke up in a room littered with sleeping guys —

— I guess I lived through that without being discovered or having to explain that I’d been dreaming of starry eyed young women letting me know they’d let me kiss them.

— And as we walked outside somebody pointed across the river and said “That’s not right! There’s only supposed to be three peaks in those mountains. Look, there’s five!”

— In the reality I grew up in, there were no mountain peaks across the river from Milford, in what would have been Stratford. But, Yeah, there they were. I wanted to reach for my cell phone and take a photo of those five mountain peaks. But I quickly forgot that, the mountains began moving- sliding out of sight to the right- (heading north?) and being replaced by more and more mountains on the other side of the river. I gasped and said, “We’re going to have an earthquake-” and heard a commotion and people were running all around us. And I heard somebody else – who had probably come this conclusion independently – shout, “We’re gonna have an earthquake!”

— There was a rumble, not a really big one but a line of mountain cliffs came rolling in like they were on a railroad train and took up residence next door. I was trying to remember the name of those neighbours, realized I was in somebody’s house, and wondered how I would get back across the river to where my baby sister, Nancy, probably needed emotional support and most likely needed to know that I was okay and I wanted to know that she was okay-

— That’s where I woke up.

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— It is now 11:27 am and it’s only taken me four and a half hours to write down the details of a dream that should only have taken me fifteen minutes to describe.

—HOLD EVERYTHING—Part 3—

{ Ottawa Under Attack? }

* – Cpl. Nathan Cirillo guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National Memorial in Ottawa in a photo posted on Twitter Wednesday. Cirillo was shot and killed by a man who later attacked the Parliament buildings. (Twitter) – *

{ We had actual breaking news this week. Tuesday, someone later labeled a ‘homegrown terrorist’ ‘committed vehicular homicide’, targetting and hitting two men in military uniforms with a vehicle, killing one. Wednesday, a reservist guarding a War Memorial with a rifle without bullets was shot and killed by a man who walked away calmly, got into one vehicle, drove away to a spot where he got out with his weapon, stole another vehicle, drove to the Parliament Buildings, parked, got out with his rifle visible, ran up to and into the buildings, got inside -into the Conservative caucus room, where he was shot and killed by what was described as ’30 security personnel all firing at once’. The sergeant at arms at the Parliament building is credited with protecting Parliament from the ‘lone gunman’. —djo— }

{ Thursday, after briefly conferring with our online staff – I had to go get ‘big water’ for our cooler and a couple loaves of ‘day-old’ bread and stuff like that there. Today’s noon radio broadcast from Halifax sounded a whole lot different from yesterday’s evening news:

– Two ex-military types were on the air. One of them was a command level officer who was today’s go-to person. The first guy -not the general- said, -not word for word, I didn’t record this >>—-> Harper’s had us at war for the last 12 or 13 years and he acts surprised that somebody who might have ties with one of the countries we’ve been at war with might attack our soldiers? <—-<< And I’m pretty sure it was the General who said, again I can’t remember this word for word: >>—-> Security was lax at the Parliament buildings, not because of action or complaints from some Civil Libertarian types, but because the Harper Government cut back funds, got rid of the commissionaires who had been doing security duty and cut funds to what security operations we had left. – And I think the go-to General responded to someone’s concerns about loss of privacy and civil rights by saying that security measures should be kept at a safe distance from the doors of the Parliament buildings- not because that could be less intrusive, but because security personnel at the doors would not have enough time to stop a determined attacker who was armed.

– Today’s tone was a whole lot calmer and more sane than I expected. People from Atlantic Canada do not seem to be in love with the ‘Harper Conservatives’, and they do not appear to be ‘buying into’ the idea that ‘we should surrender what rights and liberties we have left’. Even a cashier in a convenience store up here told me that she had noticed that everything felt a whole lot different and less crazy than it felt last night. One person said, “There are 35 million Canadians up here and two or three of them went nuts? I don’t feel any less safe and secure than I did last week.”

– & I heard one semi- off-the-wall suggestion, here we go, complete with pre-amble- “I remember an old Star Trek episode from the original series where Captain Kirk and the gang tried to convince one very peaceful race that they were in danger. In response, the ‘endangered’ society’s citizens just sort of half closed their eyes and made the weapons of anybody who held one impossible to hold, they like burned the hands of the people who thought they could use them. Don’t we have screening technology that could detect bullets and something like high tech heaters that could focus on those bullets? Show dummies with loaded guns in their pockets having their legs blown off in a reinforced screening facility? Wouldn’t that convince would be attackers that their weapons would explode in their hands? Or their pockets? There’s gotta be a way something like that would work.-“

– Um, luckily, this person was explaining his idea to somebody else and I didn’t need to respond that I would have to go think about that for a while before I let myself come up with an opinion I could endorse and/or live with. —jim w— }

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{ We’ve been doing this because we believe the CBC may be more honest and more respectable than Media in the U.S.A., & not a lot of people in the U.S. may know that or have access to anyone who might point them toward the CBC & their web site. }

{ & again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories, listen to sound clips, or see any video -if there is any video- go to CBC dot CA/news.— & You can also find a link to the web cast of the most recent broadcast of “The National” the CBC’s ‘flagship nightly newscast’ under the “Must Watch” heading on their main page. — Thanks. — & Jim W convinced me to take credit for this, above. ———djo——— }

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{ “Anyone who would give up a little liberty for a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” —Benjamin Franklin }

{ “Any politician, police, military, or would be authoritarian of any stripe, who would capitalize on an event like yesterday’s in Ottawa: clearly does not deserve any respect at all, let alone the authority they demand.” — douglas j otterson }

{ Here’s a quote for you, not about yesterday and Ottawa but the philosophy applies: “The critical studies about #Ferguson in a decade will be fascinating. Because we are building this plane as we fly.” —deray mckesson }

Re-Tweeted by Elizabeth May- Green Party Leader and MP- This photo of the funeral procession along the ‘Highway of Heroes’, Canada’s Hwy 401 between Trenton and Toronto, Ontario. This is where the tradition of lining up along highways to honour war dead began.

{ & This from ———jda——— :

– “Thursday, 23 October, 2014 – Ack! We live in a violent culture. Nobody under the age of responsibility planned it this way, at least not in this lifetime. – When the television programmes you plunk your kids down in front of are violent— When their sports are violent— When somebody out there has decided that your games and distractions should all be violent—- Why didn’t you see this coming? – Good, honest young men and women are being duped into taking up arms to support one lie against another. Embrace the love of life. Embrace the love of love. Embrace the preciousness of every life on this planet. Support each other. – To hell with the ideas that kill. To hell with philosophies that say it’s okay to kill for king and country. – We were not told, “Thou shalt not kill unless your government tells you to-” — We were not told, “Thou shalt not kill unless the controlling, obsessive men who took over and subverted your religions tell you to.” — Do not pray for vengeance. – Pray for guidance. Pray for protection from the lies that too many of our contemporaries allow to control their lives. – Pray we call come together and dismiss the governments and (small r) religions that allow darkness to smirk and laugh themselves silly because they’ve been pulling the strings and spitting out the words that convince you that you are working God’s Will when you believe you have the right to destroy the lives of any of God’s Children. – Get thee behind us, thou dupes of the dark side. – Unzip the uniforms and find there are Children of God inside. Burn down the deceptions and realize that any true Religion nurtures your body, mind, soul and spirit, and tells you that we are all one spirit. We are all children of the same divine intelligence. – Smash your delusions and realize we are all One. Before it’s too late. ———jda———

// Response from Cathi Harris: “Beautiful!” —jim w— }

“MPs, political staff and parliamentary personnel are struggling with emotions, two days after a gunman was killed in a shootout in the busy Centre Block of Parliament Hill.” -cbc-

‘I saw the gun in his hands’: MPs, Hill staff struggle to process shooting { * – “MPs, political staff and parliamentary personnel are struggling with emotions, two days after a gunman was killed in a shootout in the busy Centre Block of Parliament Hill” – —djo— }

Another Canadian jihadi slips through the cracks {* – “Yet another young Canadian has managed to get away to Syria to fulfil his aim of waging jihad and has boasted of his exploits online, an investigation by Radio-Canada’s program Enquête has found.” – * *** & Fear-Mongers capitalize on exploiting anything that might raise public anxiety levels – which, these days, involves photos of young men trying to look badass and jihadi-like, bragging about escaping to hot spots to join a holy war against everything the country they grew up in stands for. *** // ***** Meanwhile, the real news is that a mosque was vandalized in Canada this morning and a couple hours later, the community showed up to help remove the hate messages that had been scrawled all over the front of the building. —jim w— }

Snakes on the plains: 98 snakes, found in home, released to the wild { }

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“Most Viewed”

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo: Outpouring of emotion for ‘Canada’s son’ { }

Jian Ghomeshi, host of Q, off the air to deal with ‘personal issues’ { }

Another Canadian jihadi slips through the cracks { }

Washington school shooting: 2 dead, including one gunman { }

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s killer approached from behind, fired twice { }

Ottawa shooting: National War Memorial ceremonial guards back on duty { }

Ottawa shooting: Where did Michael Zehaf-Bibeau get his gun? { * Why does this matter? This headline sounds like somebody is trying to focus your attention on a complete non-issue, most likely to tighten controls on those who legally own firearms. Illegal guns can be found anywhere. There are even cases in which unethical cops will find an unregistered gun at one scene, hang onto it for years, and then plant it in someone’s possession when they want to frame somebody. —djo— }

Sun turns biggest sun spot in 24 years toward Earth { }

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was sked to leave Burnaby, B.C. mosque { }

-15 photo slide show- The week in pictures, Oct. 18-24 { }

This was Tweeted last week.

Our original plans for Wednesday were to talk about Tuesday night’s guests on Coast to Coast am [radio] { Major Ed Dames, who brought the term ‘Scientific Remote Viewing’ into the awareness of millions by explaining what he did in his military and post military carreer- Tuesday night he told George Noory, and the world, that he believes our run as the dominant species on planet earth is over. He called the United States a successful experiment that actually showed the world what a free nation could be like, “But those days are over”. & He said, in a comment about puppet heads of state in Asia” “Yes there are [ puppet heads of state ] -and some of them are quite close to home.” —djo— }

“Yeah- It’s like the flu kills more people every year than the ‘pandemics’ the fear mongers are trying to terrorize us with-” —djo— // seconded by ———jim w——

2 dead, including lone gunman, after shooting at Washington high school { }

NYC hatchet attacker not tied to terror groups, police say { * And, even in the U.S.A., which many see as the gun capital of the world, if a private citizen shot and killed a man attacking him, or his child, with a hatchet, the private citizen would be charged with excessive use of force. If you are five feet two and weigh 90 pounds- and some steroid-enhanced warrior who might be six feet ten and weigh three hundred pounds- all solid muscle- attacks you or your kids with an axe, you can protect yourself and your kids with an axe, but not a gun. * —djo— }

Jian Ghomeshi, host of Q, off the air to deal with ‘personal issues’ { ‘Q’ is a program developed and originating from CBC radio. —djo— }

Sitting, the ‘new smoking’ is killing us and costing the economy billions { * So- should we be prepared for representatives of the Corporate Plutacracy -read that: ‘corporate based fascist government’- to begin arresting and executing people for sitting down too often? If you believe this is far-fetched, wait until you learn that somebody has copyrighted your dna and quietly had laws passed giving them the power to dictate what you can and can’t do about reproducing and ‘misusing’ the dna that they now ‘own’. And another thing: Even if ‘sitting is costing the economy billions’, how much do you think black ops budgets, and under-reported military spending are costing? More like trillions.* —djo— *** And your governments have huge income streams that they hope you never find out about, because they do not need to tax you the way they do. Governments are fraudulently extorting money from you. Source: CAFR1.com —jim w— * }

-Analysis- Should we stop intervening in the Middle East? Nahlah Ayed { }

Chinese government hackers allegedly attack Apple’s iCloud { * One guy I met told me that the leaders in China were space-alien hybrids, “And not the good aliens, either.” -Which could be true in the poetic sense, if not literal? But, when you can’t believe anything our government tells us, and you can’t believe anything the corporate media tells us? Should we all stand in a big circle and play Kazoo music until they shut up and go home and leave us alone? * —djo— }

Canadian Consulate in Istanbul evacuated after suspicious powder found { }

-Photos- Partial solar eclipse: Your photos of the crescent Sun { }

-Recap- World Series: { * WE are extremely late again today. So we’ll tell you. The Royals beat the Giants 3-2. Royals now have won 2 games and the Giants have won 1. —djo— }

“Secret Space Plane”

U.S. Robotic space plane lands after secret 2-year journey around Earth { * What we thought was a slip-up in which somebody might have admitted that there were several space craft around Mars when the comet did a fly-by, was amended by NASA to explain that 3 satellites are in orbit around Mars and they were told to hide behind the planet when the comet approached. * —jim w— }

-Must Watch- CF-18 fighter jets head to Kuwait { * Why would I want to watch that? Or the video of 100 snakes that were found in somebody’s house? * —djo— }

-Must Watch- Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s final journey home { }

-Must Watch- Auroras leave Greenwood { * No, the Aurora Borealis did not pack up and move out of town over some kind or dispute with cosmic corporate magnates trying to extort any kind of cosmic currency from them, transport planes flew out of ’14 Wing Greenwood’ on Friday night. —djo— }

===== There are no new “Editor’s Picks” today =====

Wednesday: -Editor’s Pick- Glenn Greenwald in conversation about secrets, transparency and digital future { * Now this is what I would call a “Must Watch” * —djo— }

Wednesday:-Editor’s Pick- Global deaths for communicable diseases compared { * I wonder if they meant to say “-deaths FROM communicable diseases-” Are we on this planet to serve the bacteria? Are we dying for diseases? Ya think that might have been a Freudian sleep? 😉 —djo— }

Wednesday: -Editor’s Pick- Indian status: Why Lynn Gehl’s court challenge matters { * Heck yes, When The Angels of Light come here and show everybody what’s been going on, instead of just clearing things up with “life reviews” between lives – Can you imagine what would happen if they stand there and say, “Well, you’ve got two choices here, you can give the country back to its true owners and pay the First Nations the full value of what you stole from them, or you can go to hell.—” * —djo— *** Instead of doing everything you can to turn this planet into hell? *** —jim w— }